With its manicured garden and spacious interior, the three-story villa was once described as “paradise” by the mother who ...

She describes it as an idyllic place to raise her sons, apart from the fact that Auschwitz sat on the other side of the wall.

The house of Rudolf Höss, the Auschwitz camp’s wartime commandant.Credit...Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times Supported by By Andrew Higgins Reporting from Oswiecim, Poland The mother ...

Auschwitz. Inside the family home, Rudolf Höss – the longest serving SS commandant of Auschwitz – dreamt up the most efficient way to kill the millions of Jews, Roma, homosexuals and ...